Credit card receipts, telephone records and production schedules show that X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer was not in Hawaii when a lawsuit claims he sexually abused a 17-year-old on the islands, a defense attorney said Friday.

Singer was mainly in Toronto working on the first X-Men movie from August through October 1999, defense attorney Marty Singer told The Associated Press.

A lawsuit filed by a former child model, Michael Egan III, says Bryan Singer abused him several times over those three months as well as earlier in California as part of a Hollywood sex ring led by another man convicted of luring minors across state lines for sex.

Accused: A man who claims he was sexually abused by the X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer said Thursday, April 17, 2014, that he reported the molestation to authorities at the time, and does not know why charges were never pursued

'This was Bryan's first studio film,' Marty Singer said. 'Clearly, he's not going to take a break in the middle of this movie while you're shooting and prepping it to go to Hawaii.'

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Egan said Thursday that he was abused by Bryan Singer and others starting when he was 15. He said he was given drugs and promises of a Hollywood career while being threatened and sexually abused in Los Angeles and Hawaii.

The AP does not typically name victims of sex abuse but is naming Egan because he is speaking publicly about his allegations.

Marty Singer, who said previously that he and the director are not related, declined to provide any of the personal records, saying they were private.

Sordid details: A sex abuse lawsuit by Michael Egan, a former child model and aspiring actor is accusing X-Men franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii

He said the filming records were
available publicly but 20th Century Fox did not immediately return a
phone call and email seeking comment.

X-Men
was released in July 2000. Singer has directed three films in the
blockbuster franchise, including the fifth installment, X-Men: Days of
Future Past, to be released next month, as well as other films
including The Usual Suspects.

His
lawyer said the director was never interviewed by any authorities about
the claims by Egan, who said Thursday he reported the Los Angeles acts
and doesn't know why charges were not pursued.

The
lawsuit was filed under a Hawaii law that temporarily suspends the
statute of limitations in sex abuse cases. The law has led to several
lawsuits against clergy members and others.

A judge in Hawaii set a July 21 scheduling hearing in Honolulu for the lawsuit, which was filed Wednesday.